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Most were from organizations that are part of the Break Free From Plastic movement. They said they wanted their voices to be ...
Negotiations to debate the terms of a global treaty to curb plastic pollution are proving difficult, the European Union ...
Under President Donald Trump's leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, ...
Talks last year in South Korea were supposed to be the final round, but they adjourned in December at an impasse over cutting ...
World leaders meeting in Geneva, Switzerland​ this week have been discussing a treaty meant to end the problem of plastic ...
The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that ...
Plastics News' Steve Toloken warns that global plastics treaty negotiations in Geneva face a stalemate over production limits, chemicals and financing, with little progress just days before the ...
World leaders are in Geneva this week trying to hammer out the world’s first legally binding treaty to tackle the plastic ...
As countries try to find agreement on plastic pollution, creative interventions are turning heads — and turning the conversation to health harms, fossil fuels, and false solutions.
Plastics made from petrochemicals account for more CO2 emissions than does aviation, making treaty talks underway this week an opportunity for climate action.
Delegates, experts, and stakeholders from 184 countries and 619 organizations are determined to finalize the treaty on ...
As UN talks for a plastics treaty reach their endgame, campaigners call for a vote that could help limit plastics production ...